Grain-shocker attachment to a binder.



l. A, E Lnon. GRAIN SHOCKER ATTACHMENT T0 A BINDER.

APPLICATION' FILED m3.' 25. |914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l famed June 2o, 1916.

I. A. lLlOD.4

-GRATN sHocKER ATTACHMENT To A BINDER, v `APPLICATION FILED TEE. 25 1914. 1,188,258, Patented June 20, 1916.4

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- THB COLUMBIA PLANDGEAPH C0.. WASHINGTON. D. G l

ISAAC A. 'EIIJROD, .OF IEAT'JCEEIT,l MISSORI. y a

GRAIN-SHOCKER ATTACHMENTQTQ A BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20,1916.

Application filed Ilebruary 25, 1 914.; Serial No. 820,363.l

To all whom if may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC A. ELROD, a"

citizen of the United States, residingat Faucett, in the county of Buchanan and,

State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Shocker exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art tovwhicli" it appertains to make and use the same.y

This invention relates to attachmentsV for binders and has for its primary object to` provide a shocker attachment for connection shocks during the operation of capping the with binders, and which will be simple in construction and operation as well as highly eiiicient in use. l.

Another object is to provide an attachment of this character including a shock former connected with a supporting platform and adapted to rest'in normal position to receive the sheaves forming the shocks, then to be swung to position to support the same, and finally released to permit the shock former to deliver the shocks from. the machine.

A further object is to provide a device of this character in which the mechanism for supportingv the shock foi-mer in its various positions will be mounted upon the platform and will be of such construction and opera.

necessary to press alever to release the shock former from its locked position when the operation of capping the shock is completed,

to allow the shock former and shock to swing downwardly and thereby discharge the capped shock.

A still further object is to generally improve and simplify the construction and operation of devices of this character and increase the efficiency thereof withoutniateri ally increasing the cost of the same.

lVith these and other objectsin view as will become more apparent asV the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, vcombination and arrangement of parts asgwill be hereinafter For3 a complete understanding of my in- 'vention,' reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which-- i 'l Figure l is a side elevation view of my shocker attachment, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, Fig. 3 is a top plan view ofthe same,`Fig. 4 is a detail sectional viewdonthe plane ofy line 4-4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is detailsectional view taken on the plane of line 5 --5 Fig. 4.

yReferring lmore:particularly to the drawings 'i in which. similar reference characters designate the corresponding parts throughoutthe severall views, l designatesthe platform which hasv the upstanding flanges 2 which'is mountedupon suitable wheels 3. JThe'wheels are .mounted in the trans-v verse beams 4l secured beneath the platform l and byl .means vof which the device may be secured to a binder;

To the rear endof the platform l, I have `pivoted the base 5,v of the shock formery 6, the

body portionjof which is of substantially semi-circular form .and extends upwardly from the :base 5.', When the shock former 6 is in position to receive the sheaves from the binder to form a shock, the body of said shock' former is tilted forwardly and rests upon the upper diverging ends 7 of the supportsS which have their' lower ends turned outwardly and secured upon the platform l,

l as shown at 9.' The supports 8 are connected intermediate their. ends by the cross connectiiig bar 10 which hasa guide slot ll in its upper edge, the purpose of which will presently appear.

After the desirednuinberof sheaveshave been placed in the .shock former 6 by the attendant, to form the shock, the shock former isV swungfto the position shown in Fig. l by grasping the front or handle end 12 of the slide lever 13 and forcing said leverl rearwardly, the rear end of `said lever being deta'cliably` connected with the ear 14 von the underface of the body of the shock former. Itwill'also be seen that the slide lever 13 is slidably mounted in the guide slo-t 11 o f the connecting cross bar 10 and has a substantially V-shaped notchv 15in its lower face, whereby said lever may be locked against further rearward movement after forcing the shock former to proper position. 'Ihe slidelever 13 is resilientlyrretained against upwardl movement vand thereby prevented fromdisengagementl with theslot 11, byrmeans of the helical spring 16 and the latch plate 17, said spring 16 having one end secured to the platform 1, while its opposite end is secured to the lower edge of the latch to the minimum. The latchplatey 17 is re-` tained in proper engagement with the connecting cross bar 10, by means of the de pending arm 20 formed on vthe said latch plate 17 and engaged against the rearfface` of said connecting cross bar 10, while the remainder ofsaid latch plate 17 is positioned forwardly of said connecting cross'bar 10. 'y

The shock within the shock former 6 may be compressed in any suitable manner by any preferred means for the purpose of capping the shocks and for this purpose I have provided an adjustablestrap 21, the .length of which may be readily regulated by means of the buckle 22 upon one end of the strap and the series of openings 23, along said strap. lVithin the loop end 2 4 of the strap 21 is a link 25 adapted for engagement over the supporting lug v26 projecting from one longitudinal edge of the body of theA shock former 6 when the shock tightener is in use, the strap 21 passing around thev shock former and being passed between the spacedguide lugs 27 of the plate 28 secured to the other side of the shock former, saidV guide lugs 27 .i

also projecting beyond the edge of the shock former. Secured upon the remaining end -of the strap 21 is a lever 29 which has the longitudinally extending'hook 30 for engagement with the link 25, anda transverse hook 31 for engagement with the strap'21 adjacent the end secured to the lever 29,'

thereby compressing the shock andretaining the same in compressed form during the operation of capping said shock.

After the capping operation is completed, it is simply necessary to press downwardly the free rearend of the releasing lever 32 and swing the lever upon its pivot 33 inthe bracket3flsecured to theupstanding flange 2 of the platform, the oppositeend of said lever 32 being connected with the upper end ofthe helical spring 16 and the lower end of the latch plate 17, whereby .upondownward movement of the rear end of the lever and upward movement of the forward end thereof, the latch plate 17 will be vforced upwardly, thereby allowing the shock former 6 andthe shock therein Ato swing down-V wardly, owing to the combined weight ofV shock former, it being clearly understood i that the shock tightening means is removed immediately after the completion of the cappingl operation. In practical use of the shocker it may be necessary, for two operators to conveniently operate the same, one to operate the lever 13 and the other to operate the lever 29. As soon as the shock is discharged from Vthe shock former, the latter is automatically returned to normal position by means of the spring 35 which has one end connected with the shock former 6, while its opposite end isconnected with one of the flanges 2 ofthe platform 1. Ifdesired, a rod 36 may be secured to the foremost ,transverse beam t. to connect the device with the tongue or other suitable portion of the binder. It will be understood that, las the binder forms no part of this invention, it is not shown in thedrawing. IIn order to securely brace the support S, I have provided an inclined brace member37, which has one end secured to the platform `1 while its opposite end is secured to one of the supports 8, as will be readily understood.

Vhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A device of the character described comprising a platform, a shock former hinged to said platform, outwardly flared supports for said shock former to limit forward tilting movement thereof, said supports being secured to the platform forwardly of the shock former, a bracing member for said supports, a lever carried by said shock former, said lever having a notch formed in its under vedge vfor engaging said bracing member for locking the lever against movement, a latch plate mounted over said lever and said bracing member, a spring connected to said latch member `to prevent upward movement of the latch member and said lever', means for releasing said lever to permit the salne to move across saidr bracing member, means carried by the shock former for compressing a shock within the same for the purpose of capping said shock, said shock former being adapted to swing rearwardly and-dischargethe ,shock when the lever is released, and meansfor returning the shock former to normal position.

In testimony whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC A. ELROD.

Vl/itneseses;

DANIEL BLEVINs, HGH MCCAULEY.

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